Andy Piper articles - 48 total
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Heroku is going into maintenance mode Ben Halpern ・ Feb...
Talks and travels: FrOSCon, Germany
Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure and honour of delivering a keynote at the (milestone!) 20th edition...
The Web, made by Humans
During my recent blogging revival I’ve already written about how I love the web[1]. I’ve also...
Meeting my personal writing goals
A little while ago I decided to try to get back into blogging a bit more seriously. Once upon a time,...
My new personal/business cards
I’ve been getting to more events lately (casual meetups, small conferences, academic workshops,...
Six (and a bit) months on Team Mastodon
Back in May, Eugen announced that I’d joined the team at Mastodon gGmbH, to look after Developer...
DevRel in the era of “Community Everywhere”
Last week, I had the pleasure of talking to the Dublin #DevRel Meetup, organised by my friends at...
Tech in the tent
We’re just back from a week or so camping, in the wilds of mid-Hampshire. It’s more-or-less the end...
Social bookmarks in the Fediverse
Last week, there was a flurry of interest in a new addition to the #Fediverse: Postmarks. It's social...
Improving Mastodon developer documentation
Aloha! It has been a little while. Some personal news... Last month, Eugen aka @Gargron...
Getting arty with a Pi
This week I built a BrachioGraph (as mentioned in my comment on "What was your win this week?"). It's...
Supporting Fediverse developer communities
It is an exciting time to be building in the Fediverse! I've been doing a lot of thinking lately...
Thoughts on Dev Rel in the post-Twitter era
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash The wonderful Brian Rinaldi just shared some thoughts on Developer...
Analysing which Mastodon apps I've used
A few months ago, I wrote about the opportunities for developers around Mastodon. ...
I'm on the Honours List! 🎉
Last year was certainly a rollercoaster for me - I got a lot of good things done, started a bunch of...
A 🦣 opportunity for developers
(I'm mostly writing this to talk about playing with embedding Mastodon content, skip to that part if...
MicroPython: EuroPython 2022, PyScript, Arduino, and more! 🎁
It's about time I posted an update on what has been going on around #MicroPython, so here goes! ...
Talking tech, Open Source, and community (over coffee)
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be a guest on the Coffee & Open Source podcast. I've...
Get a video URL from Twitter API v2
Twitter API v2 has been available for quite a while now, but it's an evolving process as we bring...
What I've been doing in 2022 (so far)
Preamble: my content It has been a while since I've written a general "what I'm working...
Evolving the Twitter API
Have you ever wanted to request an API feature, or ask for additional information in the Twitter API?...
Discovery and Twitter API v2
I've been working on a couple of side-projects that relate to my day job (I'm on the Twitter...
Happy 10th Birthday, Raspberry Pi!
Today is the 10th birthday of the Raspberry Pi! (sort of… it is not a Leap Year, so today is as close...
What coding language do you want to learn this year, and why?
I’m pretty much a polyglot programmer. Working as a Developer Advocate, I often find that I’m asked...
Using I2C in MicroPython 🌡
The flashy NeoPixel-decorated ESP32-C3 board I've been learning about has no published schematic, so...
Some housekeeping (why I help as a mod)
This might be surprising, but one of the things I'm passionate about helping with around community...
In today’s mail… swag!
Yay! The postman just arrived! Excited about these, especially the Tag Moderator #️⃣ one, and the...
Making a "CheerDot" with MicroPython
The next step in my exploration of the "bedazzled" ESP32-C3 RGB board was always going to involve the...
Shortcut to check Cheerlights
I've been playing with the Cheerlights API again lately (I also used it in my Pi Zero Cluster). ...
Bringing the bling 🌟 with MicroPython 🐍
It all began, as many things do, with a Tweet. @GeekMomProjects (aka Debra) posted this, late one...